USWHBA PAST EVENTS 2013 __________________________________

February

New York State Directors John Dodson and Diane Hart have a booth in Attica New York in Support of the Attica 4H group on Sunday Feb. 24th.

March

New York State Directors John Dodson and Diane Hart will be promoting our organization, the BLM, and the upcoming July Wild Horse and Burro Adoption in Ithaca

New York. They will have a booth at the Tractor Supply, 11181 Maple Ridge Rd. Medina N.Y. on Saturday March 16th. For more information contact John at (585) 590-

9570 or Diane at (585) 590-9627. ____________________________________________________________________________

April

Members and Directors, as well as their Mustangs and Burros Volunteered and worked for the B.L.M. in the Wild Horse and Burro Breed Booth, as well as participating in the Breed Demonstration at Equine Affaire in Columbus Ohio. Thursday April 11th. thru

Sunday April 14th. Equine Affaire is held at the Ohio Expo Center 717 East 17th Ave. Columbus, OH 43211

Equine Affaire Ohio Online http://www.equineaffaire.com/ohio/

New York State Directors John Dodson and Diane Hart, in conjunction with the Horse and Health Equine Event, promoted our organization, the BLM, and the July Wild Horse and Burro Adoption in Ithaca New York. They had a booth at the Tractor Supply, 11181

Maple Ridge Rd. Medina N.Y. on Saturday April 6th.

John and Diane were also be at the Tractor Supply in Warsaw New York located at 461 North Main St. on Saturday the 20th. and Sunday the 21st.

Suydam Farms Ag in Action Day:

Sunday April 21st. Robin Rivello and Michael Yodice, along with their Mustangs Skye and Mack held demonstrations and talked about the BLM Adoption Program at the

"Ag in Action" day at Suydam Farms in Franklin Township N.J. from 12 noon to 4 pm. All aspects of farming, agriculture, and livestock were on display and represented from

around the Garden State. Current owner and manager Ryck Suydam was elected President of the New Jersey Farm Bureau in 2012. Suydam Farms, established in 1713,

recently celebrated its 300th. year in operation and we were very proud to be a part of this event. Suydam Farms is located at 1803 Rt. 27 Somerset N.J. 08873.

Members and Directors worked and volunteered with the BLM at the Wild Horse and Burro Adoption at the Champions Center in Springfield Ohio on Friday April 26th. and

Saturday April 27th.

South East Regional Director Jill Blakeney hosted the Girl Scouts and "Great Earth Adventures" on Saturday April 27th. for the 3rd year. The USWHBA was invited to the

Girl Scouts' Third Annual Great Earth Adventure again this year. Jill and Connor Blakeney took their seven year old mustang mares Spitfire and Lil' Missy to meet the girls. The girls were briefed on the mustang’s history and the current situation of

America's wild mustangs. The girls were given the opportunity to groom the mares and walk them through an in-hand obstacle course. Both Lil' Missy and Spitfire amazed the

girls by putting their front feet on a pedestal, shaking hands, and kissing. Over 100 scouts and parents visited with the mustangs that day. A raffle was held with each group and the winner receiving a copy of movie "Wild Horse, Wild Ride" which was donated by the Blakeneys. Thanks to the BLM for providing posters and mustang related items

for the event. Photos are from the Girl Scout event. Mustang on the pedestal is Lil' Missy.

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May

South East Regional Director Jill Blakeney hosted fifteen 7 to 10 year old children from a local school on Saturday May 4th.They come out to learn about Mustangs and get some

hands on experience with them.

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June

Kim Dore held benefit trail ride:

Friday, May 31st, Saturday, June 1ST and Sunday, June 2nd NATIONAL TRAILS DAY WEEKEND. The Connecticut Trail Rides Association (C.T.R.A), held a Benefit Trail

Ride and Camping weekend for the USWHBA and C.T.R.A. and was hosted by USWHBA Vice President Kim Dore in Connecticut. Kim also serves as Secretary for the

C.T.R.A. Half the proceeds from this event were donated to our organization. We thank Kim and the C.T.R.A. for a wonderful weekend at their home base Camp Boardman,

Mohawk State Forest in Goshen Connecticut. In June, the Mustangs of the Mustang Misfit Ranch were visited by Tiger Tech students from Durham. A reward for a good school year, the children came out to learn about the mustangs, how to care for them, and to ride. Eleven children and two adults participated in the event and fell in love the horses. Left over BLM posters and information booklets

from the girls scout event were shared with the students. Some of the students won prizes in a raffle. Prizes included a "Wild Horse Wild Ride" video, Mustang t-shirt, and a

Breyer mustang horse model. A good time was had by all! ____________________________________________________________________________

July

Freedom Fest State Fair: Robin Rivello and Michael Yodice held Mustang demonstrations at the Freedom Fest State Fair

at the Horse Park of New Jersey in Allentown on Tuesday night July 9th. Mustang Mare “America”, a 19 year old Mare from Nevada was there meeting and greeting fair goers and

wowing everyone who met her. Ithaca Wild Horse and Burro Adoption:

Members and Directors worked and volunteered with the BLM at the Wild Horse and Burro Adoption at Cornell University's Oxley Equestrian Center in Ithaca N.Y. on Friday

July 12th. and Saturday July 13th. ____________________________________________________________________________

September

Jill Blakeney, South East Region: We worked with Boy Scout Troop 41 on earning their horsemanship badge. The first meeting for this was Saturday September 28th. ____________________________________________________________________________

October

President Robin Rivello, Secretary Michael Yodice, and their Mustangs worked weekend Windsor Farm and Market's Pumpkin Festival and Haunted Hayride.

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November

EQUINE AFFAIRE Massachusetts 2013: We made our annual pilgrimage to Equine Affaire in West Springfield Massachusetts Thursday November 7th. thru Sunday November 10th. The USWHBA / BLM had booths 2203 and 2204 in the Stroh Building. Members and Directors staffed the booth Our Breed Demonstration was in the Mallory Complex on Friday the 8th, as was our Youth Demonstration also on Friday in the afternoon. Along with our regular booths in the Stroh Building, we also had 2 stalls and horses C Barn with Mustangs and their owners. This gave us another opportunity to promote the Wild Ones and the BLM adoption program. We would like to thank the following people and their Wild Ones for helping and participating at Equine Affaire with us. Mary Page and her Mustangs Freedom and Diamond. Anna Lennard and her Mustang Ziggy. Dan Rodda and his Mustang Hombre. Jack, and Emma Minteer and their Mustangs Annie, Chinks, and Grace. Megan Print and her Mustang Ink. Cliff Crowl and his Mustang White-White. Kim Dore, Bud Dore, and Chelsy Loppardo and their Mustangs Johwye and Yankee Doodle as well as their Burro Swiss Mocha Miss. Sonny Garguilo and his Mustang Cavalor. Robin Rivello and Michael Yodice and their Mustangs Skye, Trixie, America and Mack. We would also like to thank our Breed Booth staff that did not bring their Mustangs or Burros this year. Lisa Holderby, Laura Baker, Leslie and Phoebe Karkos, and Lucy and Larry Grossman. We also had several Extreme Mustang Makeover trainers and Mustangs from the recently held Mustang Millions competition. They all worked in our booths and participating in our Breed Demonstration with us. And best for last. North East Region 2 Directors Megan Print and Cliff Crowl from Ohio also attended with several of their Mustangs!!! _______________________________________________________________________ This years horses and burros: America – Available Stormy and Geronimo – Available Nick - Available Took in Hugo and placed him Trained and delivered Flora Holli – Adopted Spirit- Re-homed 1 Kim had was Adopted